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0KBB3ZZ

Excision of Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Excision of Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Percutaneous Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Excision

Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy

4. Body Part Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Left

Also covers

  • Anatomical snuffbox
  • Anconeus muscle
  • Brachioradialis muscle
  • Extensor carpi radialis muscle
  • Extensor carpi ulnaris muscle
  • Flexor carpi radialis muscle
  • Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
  • Flexor pollicis longus muscle

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

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0KB00ZX Excision of Head Muscle, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB00ZZ Excision of Head Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KB03ZX Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB03ZZ Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0KB04ZX Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB04ZZ Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KB10ZX Excision of Facial Muscle, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB10ZZ Excision of Facial Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KB13ZX Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB13ZZ Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0KB14ZX Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB14ZZ Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid